Blacksmith's credo

Force majeure -
An
old crack in the material can double the workload when renovating old ironwork,
yourback- the weak body part of blacksmiths- fails sometimes, or the nature
may unexpectedly show its power.

A force
majeure event occurred in Tartu in April 2010, when high water pushed the River
Emajõgi over its banks. The buildings in which the barge was building built,
including the smithy, looked like barge houses surrounded by open water. 12 cm
of water flowed into the smithy, swelling the wooden blocks of the floor so
that it no longer fit between the walls... The blocks had to be picked out of
the water and dried for a few months before I could rebuild the floor.